Abstract: A coupler for coupling a railway vehicle to another railway vehicle, comprising a mounting arm for mounting the coupler to a railway vehicle, a coupling arm, and a joint, wherein the mounting arm and the coupling arm are connected to each other via the joint in such a way that the mounting arm and the coupling arm are movable relative to each other and the coupling arm can be brought into a position ready for coupling. The coupling further comprises a protective device to prevent or reduce damage to the mounting arm and/or the coupling arm and/or the joint caused by impact forces.

Abstract: A system is provided that includes a self-propelled platform that can traverse a first rail of a first vehicle and a first rail of a second vehicle, the first rail of the first vehicle and the first rail of the second vehicle separated in spaced relation. The self-propelled platform has a wheel assembly that can engage the first rail of the first vehicle and the first rail of the second vehicle. The wheel assembly may include at least one guide extending away from the self-propelled platform and having a size and shape to engage a first rail of the first vehicle or the first rail of the second vehicle while a portion of the self-propelled platform remains on the first rail of the first vehicle and the first rail of the second vehicle, to guide the wheel assembly onto the first rail of the first vehicle or the first rail of the second vehicle.

Abstract: A railroad tie formed of a polymeric or polymeric composite material and configured for enhanced mechanical interaction with an underlying ballast. The tie includes at least a top longitudinal surface, a pair of side longitudinal surfaces, a bottom longitudinal surface, and two end faces. At least the bottom longitudinal surface includes a plurality of indentations formed along a length thereof. Additionally, the tie includes at least one serrated edge portion having a plurality of serrations, the at least one serrated edge portion formed along at least part of the longitudinal length of the tie at an edge between at least one of the side longitudinal surfaces and the bottom longitudinal surface to provide for enhanced mechanical interaction with the ballast.

Abstract: A floor section for an insulated railcar includes a floor plate and a composite section coupled to the floor plate. The composite section includes a plurality of composite beams aligned parallel to one another. Each composite beam of the plurality of composite beams includes an inner core and an outer material surrounding the inner core. The inner core includes an insulating material and is configured to support the outer material. An upper surface of each composite beam of the plurality of composite beams, which extends along a length of the composite beam, is coupled to an underside of the floor plate.

Abstract: A contactless power feeding facility includes a coupling unit electromagnetically coupling a target feeder line and an adjacent feeder line. A target power supply apparatus includes: a phase detector detecting the induced current phase which is the phase of an induced current flowing through the target feeder line by the electromagnetic induction via the coupling unit while an alternating current is supplied to the adjacent feeder line by an adjacent power supply apparatus; an alternating-current generator generating the alternating current to be supplied to the target feeder line; and a phase controller controlling the alternating-current generator such that the phase of the alternating current to be supplied to the target feeder approaches the induced current phase detected by the phase detector.

Abstract: A guide tube according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a tube main body member; a rib member arranged in the longitudinal direction of the tube main body member and coupled to the inner surface of the tube main body member; and a rail support member connected to the rib member.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composite powered wheel set, a train, a wheel-rail system and a train control method. The composite powered wheel set comprises two booster wheels and two support wheels mounted on a driving axle. The booster wheels are fixedly mounted on two ends of the driving axle, the support wheels are mounted on the driving axle via bearings, the moving axle is connected to a first transmission device, which is connected to a first power mechanism, and the driving axle is further connected to a train bogie via a connecting device. Booster wheels and booster rails are provided to improve anti-skid performance, so the train will not skid when running on a steep slope or under a heavy traction load. Restrictions on the railway slope, train traction load, and train speed are eliminated to a great extent, and the application scope of the wheel rails is expanded.

Abstract: An IBC storage box assembly is elevated from a railcar. A vertical beam is used to elevate the storage box off the railcar so that the storage box is more easily accessed from a rail platform. Additionally, the vertical beam may provide some clearance for the storage box so that the storage box is not impacted by the railcar coupler during transport.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for tamping sleepers of a track panel, supported in a ballast bed, by means of a tamping unit, comprising two tamping tools opposite one another which, during tamping of the respective sleeper, are lowered into the ballast bed with vibrations being applied, and are moved towards each other with a squeezing movement while the track panel is held in a raised position. In this, an evaluation device is used to monitor a squeezing speed of at least one tamping tool, with a current value of the squeezing speed being compared with a limit value when a predefined squeezing time or a predefined squeezing distance is reached, and with a notification signal indicating whether the current value is above the limit value. This may indicate that a void located below the sleeper has not yet been sufficiently filled.

Abstract: A roller coaster that includes a first tower module, a second tower module, a first track defining a first layout spanning at least a portion of the first tower module, and a second track defining a second layout spanning at least a portion of the second tower module. At least a portion of the first layout and at least a portion of the second layout have a helical shape.

Abstract: Disclosed is a traffic system and method for motor vehicles (F), comprising, on the side of a traffic lane (12b, 12c), a dedicated track (21) in the form of a “U”-shaped gutter receiving, in a highly automated driving mode, one of the side wheel assemblies (16) of a vehicle, and comprising: • a running surface (22) substantially parallel to the surface of the roadway of the traffic lane (12b, 12c), • two side surfaces (23, 31) located on either side and above the running surface (22), one external (23) and the other internal (31) with respect to the footprint of the vehicle (F), the side surfaces (23, 31) being substantially perpendicular to the running surface (22), the internal side surface (31) maintaining the current ground clearance of the motor vehicles, wherein the side surfaces (23, 31) of the track are substantially continuous longitudinally and in that the system comprises a means for crossing the internal side surface (31) by lateral movement of the side wheels assembly (16) at sustained speed.

Abstract: A method is presented for detecting a lowering of a current collector of a vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle, from a contact line, the method comprising: determining values of the electric current intensity of an electric current that is transmitted or flows between the contact line and the current collector in a measuring period; determining values of a current component of the electric current with the aid of the values of the electric current intensity; detecting the lowering with the aid of the values of the current component and a predefined criterion. Furthermore, a corresponding apparatus and a vehicle comprising the apparatus are disclosed.

Abstract: A method for monitoring a railway track (11) is provided, the method comprising detecting monitoring signals (MS) by a distributed acoustic sensor (10) being arranged along the track (11), where each monitoring signal (MS) comprises a monitoring signal value (MSV) for a first measurement segment (12) of the distributed acoustic sensor (10) and a monitoring signal value (MSV) for a second measurement segment (22) of the distributed acoustic sensor (10), determining a first event monitoring signal value (EV1) for the first measurement segment (12) from the monitoring signal values (MSV) that are detected during the passage of a rail vehicle over the position of the first measurement segment (12), determining a second event monitoring signal value (EV2) for the second measurement segment (22) from the monitoring signal values (MSV) that are detected during the passage of a rail vehicle over the position of the second measurement segment (22), and determining a difference value (DV) where the difference value (DV

Abstract: A device for inductively transmitting electrical energy between a power supply unit arranged on the shore of a body of water or in the body of water and a watercraft includes a primary coil associated with the power supply unit, and a secondary coil which is connectable to the primary coil for inductively transmitting electrical energy, and which is arrangeable on the watercraft. A height-adjustment device connected to the primary coil is provided in order to hold the primary coil at a consistent vertical distance from a water surface in a vertical direction running in the direction of the buoyancy. A corresponding charging system and method includes: aligning the coils relative to one another; previously or simultaneously adjusting a vertical distance between the primary coil and water surface by with a height-adjustment device; inductively transmitting electrical energy between the coils.

Abstract: A rail expansion device compensates for an expansion of a first rail with respect to a second rail. The rail expansion device joins the first rail to the second rail. The expansion device has a front connecting rail, containing a front end and a rear end, wherein the front end is configured for connecting to the first rail. A rear connecting rail, has a front end and a rear end, wherein the rear end is configured for connecting to the second rail. A splice joint is provided and configured for slidably connecting the rear end to the front end. The splice joint defines a continuous running surface from the front connecting rail to the rear connecting rail, wherein the continuous running surface has a variable longitudinal length configured for varying in function of a width of an expansion gap separating the front connecting rail from the rear connecting rail.

Abstract: A modular structure supports elevated rail segments for delivering electrical power to a moving work machine, such as a hauler at a mining site. Opposite ends of a roadside barrier contain complementary tubular couplers arranged vertically. A lower end of a dielectric post positioned in one of the tubular couplers has opposing dielectric plates at an upper end. A top edge of each plate has a creepage concavity between a pair of rail recesses. Another dielectric post of similar configuration is positioned in the other of the tubular couplers. Holes within the couplers and the posts ensure alignment of respective rail recesses in which conductive rails are placed. Dielectric inserts frictionally lock the rails into the rail recesses.

Abstract: A modular structure supports elevated rail segments for delivering electrical power to a moving work machine, such as a hauler at a mining site. Opposite ends of a roadside barrier contain complementary tubular couplers arranged vertically. A lower end of a dielectric post positioned in one of the tubular couplers has opposing dielectric plates at an upper end. A top edge of each plate has a creepage concavity between a pair of rail recesses. Another dielectric post of similar configuration is positioned in the other of the tubular couplers. Holes within the couplers and the posts ensure alignment of respective rail recesses in which conductive rails are placed. Dielectric inserts frictionally lock the rails into the rail recesses.

Abstract: Disclosed is a technique for a railway disaster monitoring system for monitoring a foreign matter on a railway, which includes a camera and an image processing unit that receives a railway image captured by the camera. The image processing unit includes a segmented image acquisition unit that obtains a plurality of segmented images including a rail from the railway image received from the camera and scales the segmented images to obtain segmented image blocks of a predetermined size, and a segmented image determination unit which includes deep neural network (DNN) discriminators trained with deep learning neural networks and inputs the segmented image blocks to the DNN discriminators to determine whether the railway is in a normal state in which there is no foreign matter on the railway except a train passing by. Using the segmented images, a foreign matter on a railway can be rapidly and easily determined using a deep learning neural network even with a small number of resources.

Abstract: A laser alignment system for a railcar mover is disclosed herein. The laser alignment system may comprise a laser mounted to a frame of a railcar mover that assists with the alignment of a rail wheel and the rail of a track when switching from road mode to rail mode. In various embodiments, the laser may be mounted to the frame of the railcar mover via a mount and/or mounting structure that enable the laser to be moved and/or the orientation of the laser to be adjusted relative to the railcar mover. In some embodiments, the laser alignment system may include a window underneath the operator of the railcar mover so that a laser beam emitted by the laser can be seen by the operator.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a refrigerated railcar comprises a pair of side walls, a roof, a floor, and a refrigeration unit. The floor comprises a bottom structure comprising a plurality of channels for return air flow from an interior of the railcar to the refrigeration unit. The floor further comprises at least two top plates coupled to the bottom structure (e.g., via a pivot rod). Each of the top plates extends longitudinally along the bottom structure and is configured to rotate up and away from the bottom structure proximate one of the side walls of the pair of side walls. Lifting an edge of a top plate opposite the edge of the top plate pivotally coupled to the bottom structure causes the top plate to rotate to an upright position exposing the plurality of channels of the bottom structure.